H.R. 10735: To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require certain types of cattle to be included in a livestock pilot program, and for other purposes.

This bill would change a federal livestock insurance pilot program so that, starting with crop year 2027, it would also cover three additional types of cattle:

• Bred cattle — female cattle that are pregnant

• Replacement heifers — young female cattle kept to replace older breeding animals

• Cull cattle — cattle that are no longer considered suitable for the herd and are usually sold or removed

In practical terms, the bill would expand the types of cattle that can be included in this livestock insurance pilot program under the Federal Crop Insurance Act. The program is meant to help protect livestock producers against certain losses, and this bill would make more categories of cattle eligible for that coverage.

The bill does not describe changes to the structure of the program beyond adding these cattle categories, and it does not set out the details of how the coverage would work. It simply directs that these types of cattle be included beginning in crop year 2027.

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